an overview of D day

Rating: 9/10 (26 June 2002)

This film is sometimes compared to saving private ryan which is unfair as spr is essentially only concerned with D day in the first 20 minutes.This movie gives a total picture of the event,that was truly a massive hitorical event,no expense was spared on locations or cast.The film works as a war movie and also spot the movie stars its also good seeing movie legends Wayne,Fonda and Mitchum in action.Wayne is good as a tough commander,Fonda is steady as a general who wants to go even though he is in agony in arthritis,but Mitchum takes the prize as the commander who organises the men at Omaha beach,with a cigar in the mouth. I would like to point out that there is a character called John Miller a sgt played by Jeff Hunter,in spr Tom Hanks plays a character with the same name,coincidence perhaps? This film is not about gloryfying war it shows how difficult the D day event was and how we owe our freedom to heroics of the fighting man. The DVD is good, however I do think an opportunity has been missed, i think a documentary or commentart from surviving members of the cast would be useful, alos some veterans comments, and possibly a film historian